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Taking a leap
Writing, investing, speaking, even sitting, can vault us into the unpredictable but potentially fruitful unknown
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Dylan Reid
Storytelling
Narratives can take many shapes, from accounts moulded from historical archives to the evolution of a building.
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Dylan Reid
Time and building
Twenty years of Spacing, a long-delayed publication about a long-dead character, and the satisfaction of manual labour even for the not-very-handy.
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Dylan Reid
Novels & Chatter
A sneak peak at the upcoming issue of Spacing about Toronto writers, a conversation about interruptions, and the joys of chatter, street food, and…
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Dylan Reid
Conversational complications
Malagasy pirate wives, heartbroken monarchs, valley volunteers, folktale gods – finding ways to communicate, whatever hurdles stand in the way.
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Dylan Reid
Cover story
From dissembling writers to fishy mussels and superficial landscapes, surfaces disguise and surprise
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Dylan Reid
Moving forward
How we move forward individually on our feet, and collectively in a city, with bumps along the way.
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Dylan Reid
Unfamiliar familiar
The revelations of casting a new eye on something we think we know
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Dylan Reid
Desire Lines
Desire Lines
Here’s my brief every two months miscellany of sneak peeks, tidbits, and thoughts about cities, walking, history, editing, and whatever else I’ve been up to.
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